Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On each of the six nights the auditorium was packed to capacity with a seating of 1,500 . |
| 2 | In America a journalist was sent to prison for refusing to disclose information which could have revealed the innocence of a person on trial , but prison would not normally be an option in a civil case . |
| 3 | The presence of Barnes Wallis as a consultant guaranteed an innovative approach , but it was n't until the tendering was opened to competition outside the United Kingdom that things really began to move . |
| 4 | In February a Left coalition was elected to office in Spain ; later in the year a similar coalition was elected in France . |
| 5 | In August 1986 the governing multiracial National Front ( Barisan Nasional ) coalition was returned to power in the House of Representatives with 148 seats , and also retained an absolute majority in simultaneous elections in all 11 Peninsular Malaysian state assemblies [ see pp. 34742-43 ] . |
| 6 | The ruling BN coalition was returned to office in elections held in October 1990 with a reduced majority . |
| 7 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 8 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 9 | It was once thought that the Chardonnay vine was brought to Champagne from Cyprus by knights returning from the Crusades , which might have provided some sort of answer , but this theory has since been discredited . |
| 10 | Richard was stabbed to death in the back garden of his home in Newtown 4 weeks ago . |
| 11 | A Catholic priest was sentenced to death in September 1944 for publicly voicing the ‘ Butcher of Murmansk ’ description of Dietl . |
| 12 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 13 | His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend . |
| 14 | Nor will the East End map show the Stoke Newington house where Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie through the eye , neck and stomach . |
| 15 | The appearance of this complex was correlated to induction of acute phase gene transcription ( 19–21 ) . |
| 16 | Ulster champion jockey Paddy Graffin was taken to hospital with an injured hand after Late Stretch had fallen in the Mares Race , but he returned in time to ride Glenmavis in the final race . |
| 17 | With hindsight , it seems as if each marriage was doomed to failure from the start . |
| 18 | Just after the Second World War a village was sentenced to death by planners who called it a rural slum . |
| 19 | And a seriously injured motorist was airlifted to hospital by helicopter after a head-on crash at Shipton-under-Wychwood . |
| 20 | The work was carried to completion by one of his leading research assistants , Martin Gilbert . |
| 21 | Like Multitude and Solitude , it is an early exploration of the quest-adventure , man 's search for beauty as an ideal in human form , which Masefield was to bring to fruition in two later novels , Sard Harker and Odtaa . |
| 22 | The withdrawal of derogations was disclosed to Parliament by Junior Minister Colin Moynihan on 20 January the following year . |
| 23 | In 1961 , Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for war crimes . |
| 24 | Jay Kelly Pinkerton was sentenced to death in Texas for a murder committed when he was 17 years old . |
| 25 | Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years before Mrs Aquino was swept to office on a wave of ‘ people power ’ in 1986 . |
| 26 | The issue has divided the country more than any since Mrs Aquino was swept to office on a wave of ‘ people power ’ in 1986 . |
| 27 | Bruce Harris says : ‘ Can you imagine what would happen if a 13 year old boy was kicked to death by policemen in London ? |
| 28 | The boy was taken to hospital for a painkiller and a check-up . |
| 29 | This meant that each small boy was accompanied to church by an older boy whose job it was to find the hymns and generally ensure good behaviour . |
| 30 | It was also something of a reassurance to conservative waverers frightened of political radicalism ; the Council was committed to evangelization of the Christian gospel . |